# CVE-2023-20563: Privilege escalation in AMD Ryzen™ Embedded 5000

> Local attackers can escalate privileges due to insufficient protections in AMD System Management Mode code.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Nov 2023
- **Updated:** 22 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cjh4-hrfc-4xj7

## What is CVE-2023-20563?

CVE-2023-20563 is a high-severity vulnerability in AMD Ryzen™  Embedded 5000, published on 14 Nov 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Insufficient protections in System Management Mode (SMM) code may allow an attacker to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-20563?

It affects 71 products.


Products: Amd Ryzen 3 5100 Firmware, Amd Ryzen 3 5125c Firmware, Amd Ryzen 3 5300g Firmware, Amd Ryzen 3 5300ge Firmware, Amd Ryzen 3 5400u Firmware, Amd Ryzen 3 5425u Firmware, Amd Ryzen 3 7335u Firmware, Amd Ryzen 3 Pro 7330u Firmware, Amd Ryzen 3 Pro 7440u Firmware, Amd Ryzen 5 5500 Firmware, Amd Ryzen 5 5500h Firmware, Amd Ryzen 5 5560u Firmware, Amd Ryzen 5 5600g Firmware, Amd Ryzen 5 5600ge Firmware, Amd Ryzen 5 5600h Firmware, Amd Ryzen 5 5600hs Firmware, Amd Ryzen 5 5600u Firmware, Amd Ryzen 5 5625u Firmware, Amd Ryzen 5 6600h Firmware, Amd Ryzen 5 6600hs Firmware and 51 more.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-20563?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-20563 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-20563 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-20563 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in AMD Ryzen™  Embedded 5000

- [CVE-2023-20571](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-20571/): Race condition in Ryzen™ 7040 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics “Phoenix” FP7/FP7r2/FP8 (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2023-20565](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-20565/): Privilege escalation in Ryzen™ 7040 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics “Phoenix” FP7/FP7r2/FP8 (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-20563 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-20563 is a high-severity vulnerability in AMD Ryzen™  Embedded 5000, published on 14 Nov 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-20563 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: AMD Ryzen™  Embedded 5000. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-20563/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-20563/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-20563
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20563
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-20563

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-20563/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.